Check out my lower back MRI

[CosmoKramer]

No wonder i've been cranky lately

[SeanCallan]

So...whats wrong?

[Diesel3443]

I appears that cosmo has a compressed disk. No wonder you have been cranky. Just rub some Zeobak on that area and everything will be fine

[SeanCallan]

Oh, now I see it. Apparently I'm blind.

[Diesel3443]

Its ok Sean ill let this one slide

[CosmoKramer]

Not compressed,that suckers gone..lol
the white on the vertabre is swelling.
where the disk is supposed to be look down a bit on the right,thats whats left of the disk.it friggin fell out

[Diesel3443]

Well I was giving the benifit of the doubt Im no doctor, yet I feel for ya man those are painful.

edit: yeah I see the disk now So whats the follow up, do you need surgery or just to live with the pain, with some special pills of coarse

[CosmoKramer]

I tape zeolites to the area

[CosmoKramer]

I also damaged the nerve roots,my friggin legs hurt all the time with numbness from the knee down on the right.My EMG test was pretty bad.At least they give me good drugs

[CosmoKramer]

Well I was giving the benifit of the doubt Im no doctor, yet I feel for ya man those are painful.

edit: yeah I see the disk now So whats the follow up, do you need surgery or just to live with the pain, with some special pills of coarse

Sean,I have a choice.Getting rods and cages put in or just stay like this.The surgury may not relieve any pain but will keep it from getting any worse.I don't really know what to do yet.This will be my 3rd surgery
duragesic is a beautiful thing

[Diesel3443]

Just remember if it gets too much worse there maybe no way to partially reconstruct that area. Just looking at those MRI's makes my back hurt

duragesic is a beautiful thing

I hear ya

[CosmoKramer]

Maybe moonpod will chime in,he's a bone doc.I bet he's seen thousands of these.I bet Bob has seen a bunch of bad backs too
How long until your a doc Sean?

[SeanCallan]

Oh a good 15 years

I want to do Pediatric Heart's so I have to specialize for a while. I was told by some docs to expect to about 7 years after med school till I can actually have my own practice.

Trauma would be pretty interesting too though.

But definitely not bones, I looked right over your disk a good 5 times.

I'll be a PA(Physician Assistant) before I become an MD; Looks like I may go into the Naval Reserves to be a Marine Corpman (Field Surgeon).

[Diesel3443]

Maybe moonpod will chime in,he's a bone doc.I bet he's seen thousands of these.I bet Bob has seen a bunch of bad backs too
How long until your a doc Sean?

Three more years, but Ill be a D.P.T (Doctor of Physical Therapy) not an M.D. I dont want to be 35 before I start to make some real money I also dont want to get into that whole area of M.D. vs Isurance companies

[CosmoKramer]

Good luck to both you guys